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7 Day Appointments

There are 7 day appointments with GPs, Practice Nurses & Healthcare Assistants available in Stockport on Saturdays 09:00-15:00 and Sundays 09:00-13:00. Just call us on our usual number to ask to make a booking.

Our Doctors and Nurses try hard to run to time - please help them by limiting your consultation to one problem and book another slot if you need to. Please bear in mind when there is a delay it can be because someone is very distressed and needs compassion.....

What to do if you have a flu like illness

If you're otherwise fit and healthy, there's usually no need to see a doctor if you have flu-like symptoms.

The best remedy is to rest at home, keep warm and drink plenty of water to avoid dehydration. You can take paracetamol or ibuprofen to lower a high temperature and relieve aches if necessary.

Stay off work or school until you're feeling better. For most people, this will take about a week.

Archwood Medical Practice rated "GOOD" by CQC across all key measures and population groups (July 2016)

65+ Men

A simple scan can tell you if you have an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Men aged 65+ are most at risk. Eligible patients will be invited to attend clinics from August 2016.

Men over the age of 65 who would like a scan can do so by ringing the AAA Screening Office on 0161 291 5716 and providing their NHS number.

Patient On-line Access to Medical Records

Patients can now apply to have access to their detailed (coded) medical records. For more information click here.

Welcome to Archwood Medical Practice

With patients' needs at the heart of everything we do, our website has been designed to make it easy for you to gain instant access to the information you need. As well as specific practice details such as opening hours and how to register, you’ll find a wealth of useful pages covering a wide range of health issues along with links to other relevant medical organisations.

Merger or Archwood and BL Medical Practices

We had a few teething problems with the telephone lines and appreciate that it has been frustrating for patients trying to get through this week. We would like to apologise for the disruption and say a big thank you to all our patients for your patience whilst we sorted out the issues.

We hope that in the coming months you will see the benefits of the practices joining forces. Both practices already share many policies and working procedures so there should be little impact to daily operations - and by pooling our staff resources we can distribute the workload, allowing staff to focus on providing patients with the best possible services.

As the two practices are co-located in Woodley Health Centre and the staff already have strong working relationships, we anticipate that for all patients on our combined list many things will stay the same. All the current doctors and nurses will remain as part of the merger, so you will still be able to see your preferred clinician, but with more choice should you need an urgent appointment. Our reception teams are combining too, so you will still see the same familiar faces at the desk (or hear them on the phone!).

We are excited to be starting a new chapter together and will continue to keep patient care and services as our priority.

Dr Parker and Caroline Austin (our Practice Pharmacist) together with 12 Archwood patients are involved in a ground breaking project to try to reduce the use of morphine-like medication among patients living with pain. The project has won national funding to work with Stockport's Pain Service on this and we hope it will be an important step towards improving pain management for many of our patients. For more information visit www.stockport.nhs.uk/news_12805

GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations)

Archwood Medical Practice has a legal duty to explain how we use any personal information we collect about you, as a registered patient at the practice. You can find out more from our Privacy Notice.

7 Day Appointments

All patients registered with a GP Practice in Stockport can now book a routine appointment, up to two weeks in advance, in the evenings and Saturday and Sundays. You will not be able to see your own GP, but you will be seen by a suitably qualified health professional such as another GP, Healthcare Assistant or Practice Nurse.